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Sophomore Malcolm McMillan scored a career-high 26 points but the Central Connecticut men's basketball team dropped an 80-75 home decision to Mount St. Mary's on Saturday afternoon. The loss drops the Blue Devils to 7-10 overall and 3-3 in Northeast Conference play.

Mount St. Mary's improves to 7-10 overall and 2-4 in the league with the win. They were led by 18 points each from Julian Norfleet and Xavier Owens.

The Blue Devils led 60-52 with 9:29 on the clock but the Mount answered with a 16-0 run that helped seal the victory. The Mount led 68-60 with just over five minutes to play in the game.

Central answered and cut it to two, 70-68, on the fifth three of the game from McMillan. He cut it to one minutes later with his sixth three, making it 72-71 with 2:24 on the clock. The Mount stretched the lead to three, 74-71, and following an offensive foul by the Blue Devils, they hit a three on the other end to push the lead to six and seal the victory.

McMillan's 26 led all scorers, it was a new career-high for the sophomore. He entered the game with seven threes on the season and hit a career-best six in the loss. He was 8-of-12 from the field and 6-of-7 from three. He added seven assists. He made his first six threes of the game, missing only in the final seconds.